Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z ~ m 0 en c.. :E 0 :I: .... U '" ci >al C a: « :I: 0 .... 0 c.. ~ :I: a: >al ~ 00 ~ ,......., 0 .... 0 :I: c.. ~ ... c-r (JJ ;:3 bD ;:3 < The Boingo Racing Team won the annual J uly 4 ARRA Firecracker 500 Endurance Race at southern California 's Willow Springs Int'l. Raceway. LiteboH strikes at Sturgis ST By Susan Leuthold STURGIS, SD, jULY 8 Steve Litebol t ca ptured his third co nsecutive Vin tage class victory at the j ackp ine Gy p sies Sh ort Track in Sturgis. J ami e Vollmer took an ear ly lead , bu t Litebol t struck on th e seco nd lap. pa ssin g o n the o uts ide and main taini ng h is lead to the checkered flag. Vollmer finis hed second, ta ki ng pressure fro m Bob King throu gh out the race. The 250cc class was domi na ted by Rob jones, who rode an aggressive race by tak ing th e lead at the start, Jo nes was im pressive: as he entertained th e crowd wit h hi s victory wh eelies. Robbie Soat took an uncontested second place and third place went to Tim Smith. The start of the 500cc main event saw Dale j ennernan taking an early lead with Tim Selby and Michael Blythe on his rear wh eel. O n lap four Selby slipped underneath j ennernan to take the lead , Bradl ey powered pas t j ennem an o n the ins ide o n lap six to take over second. O n lap six Pa ul Polhemus was able 10 slip past jenneman for a third-place finish. The Open Expert main was marred by a six ma n pil eu p m th e second comer, necessitating a restart. Steve Aseltine grabbed th e holesho t and never looked back, tak ing the class win with a flawless ride. Corey Brink ma in tained seco nd fro m be~ n ning 10 end. Steve Ras m ussen pushed Bn n k throughout the race, but was unable to pa ss and ended up third at th e fin ish. Results MINI : 1. Greg Mollman (Yam); 2. J esse Glakeman (Kaw); 3. Brandon Tilton (Suz); 4 . Dust in Heupe r (Hon ); 5. Travi s King ISuZ). 125: 1. Greg Mollrntlln (Yam); 2. J ason Brin k (Yam). 250: 1. Rob Jones (kawl; 2. Robbie Soat (Kaw); 3 . Tim S mith (Yam); 4 . Ch uck Lone m an (Yam). 500: 1. Tim Selby (Hon ); 2. Ken Bradl ey (Yam); 3. Paul Pohem us (Rbc 4. Dal a J en nem an (H· D); 5. M ichael Blyt he ); !W. R). OPEN; 1. Steve Aae ltine (Rtx ); 2 . Corey Br ink IRtx); 3 . Stew Rasmusse n; 4 . Michael Reid; 5. W . Kit Farley. MOD : 1. Todd GikJing (Yam); 2. Al en Her mansen (y am); 3. .John McClelland (Yem); 4. Dick Sch ieffer (Yam); 5. Gr8U Hultman (Yam ). • VlNT: 1. Steve U1eboh: (Yam); 2. Ja m;e Vol lmer (Yam); 3 . Bob King (H-O); 4 . M art in 8eug (Duel; 5 . Dick Towne (PDV). Boingo ignites Firecracker 500 at Willow Springs By Richard D. Thompson R OSAMOND, CA , JULY 4 The"Boingo Ra cing Tram wo n the a n n ual j uly 4 Firecra cker 500 End urance race, hosted by the America n Roa d Raci ng Association at Willow Springs Int ern at io nal Raceway. On the day o ur co untry became independent, Boingo Racing proved that some of the same q ualities that set this natio n free co ura ge and perserverance - were wha t was needed 10 win the race. In th e first ho ur of the race Tram CBR led , but after pull in g into the pits, BMR Motor sporlS too k the lead. La ter, wh en BMR pitted , CBR regai ned the lead. Going into the seco nd hour of th e race BMR Mo tospo rts was o nce agai n in lhe lead. Back a nd for th the lea ders wen L As one would pull in to the pi ts for eithe r a rid er cha nge o r to· refu el, th e o,he r wou ld move into th e lead. In the th ird ho ur, Bo in go Raci n~ sta rted to move in o n th e leaders , at tha t pomt BMR Mot orsports. BMR miscalcu lated thei r fuel co nsu mp ,io n and ra n out of gas o n the back straigh taway . Althou~h they lost qu ite a bit of ,im e, th ey had quite a lra d at that point a nd it d id not cost the m their first -pl ace position. In the fourth hour BMR once again pulled in lO the pi ts fo r a rider change , wh ich th ey completed in /' ust two seco nds. allo wing th em to hold first p ace. Later . they'd lose a cylinder and were forced to call it a da y. Wit h BMR o ut of th e race, Bo in go Raci ng was now the team to beat. Boingo soon cha nged riders and jumped back in the race. Not ma ny of th e facers were changing their tires a nd tha t in itse lf p layed a pa rt in their stra tegies. Also, th e 107-degree hear was ta king its toll on many of th e racers a nd their la p times sta rted to show it. Wit h j ust one hour and eight mi nutes left in the race, eBR overshot tur n three. slowing to a crawl before dropping the bi ke; th ey'd rejoin the race shortly. Team Yamaha of Go leta, Boin~o Racing, BCD Raci ng and e BR all received five-m in ut e penalties [or various reasons, costing eac h of them a co u p le of laps. . In th e las t hour of th e race, Boingo took the win, having co m pleted more laps (216) th an th e other teams. Big Cit y Raang was secon d , just one lap behind, w i th Vance & Hines on th e same lap (215) and traili n~ by just seco nds . Oms Young, riding for Big City had th is to say a bo ut the da y's event: " We tried to keep a pretty even pa ce. Later on in the da y th e heat star ted get to me, I got a little lightheaded a nd ca me in a la p early.' Bruce T ebo , the fastest rid er o n th e Boingo tra m said, "The tires and bike worked good. The heat was bad bu t we rod e fast and won. It was fun ." Resu lts '0 0 1A: 1. Boin go Racing; 2 . Big City Racing; 3 . Vance & Hin es A nah eim; 4 . Team Wa s Racing; 5. O'Neil Racing . 750 51ST: t . Boingo Racing; 2. Kawasaki River side; 3. Brook Cycle; 4. BCD Racing: 6. Team Rebound. . 6OOS / ST: 1. Big Cily Rac in g; 2. Vance & Hine s Anaheim ; 3. JooSm~ 1R.aT~~~ t~~~t~7~~M~~ii~8:acjng; 3. Roy Racing. Boyland hot at Dade CityMX By Scott Shepherd DADE CITY, FL,jULY 8 Kawasaki rider T om Boyland too k the o vera ll victory in the 125cc C class during th e second round of the Dade Ci ty MX Sa turday Night Su mmer Series. In th e first mo to Yamaha rider Mark Lee holesh ot the 18-rider pack and ha d a good six-seco nd lead over seco nd -p lace Ro bert Britton o n a Honda . wh ile Boyla nd's fifth pl ace start set him well behi nd the lea ders , By the ha lfway point Boyland had wor ked past Britton to j ust th ree seco nds behind Lee. On the la st la p Lee 's cl u tch malfu nctioned , allowing Boyland to pull out. to a n easy victory. The second mot o saw Lee Call in th e first tu m . Bu t before Boyland cou ld claim th e mot o victory he firs t had to co ntend wi th Mik e McNamee's Su zuki that whi pped him off the lin e and u p 10 th e hal fway point of th e race. The 250cc C class first mot o action was a lso hot and heavy between Wesley Shallo w a nd Duane Dooley. Doo ley wa s seco nd o rr the line but gra bbed th e lead and led most of the race . But lat igu e lrom th e h ra t got h im by the fifth la p of the six-lap mo lO, a llo wing Sha llow, who was showing h im his fro nt wh eel the wh ol e ra ce, to win it br a fo ur ·second margin. Sha llo w and Bo T il man led th e way 10 the firs t tu rn in the seco nd moto but Tillman faded. Boyland co n tested Shallo w for the lead. After Calling in a tum on th e back straight he again kept a coo l hrad and worked h is wa y to the front to finish second be h ind Shallow. Results PIW: 1. Josh Lustic (Yam); 2. Tanner M ath is (Yam); 3 . Steven Lenzi (Yam). ' 0- 60 AM: 1. Erik Waters (Kaw); 2. Shawn Sup upo (Kaw); 3. J ason Unle (Kaw) . 0- 60 NOV: , . Bill y Wood (Kaw ); 2. Ryan Kelley (Kaw); 3. Jeremy Doctor (Kaw ); 4 . David Li ndsay (Yaml; 5. Chris Rudo lph . 80 A : 1. Bry an List (Hon ). 80 B: 1. M ike Woodcock. (Kaw); 2. Brad Lustic (Suz); 3. Tim Carr; 4. J ames Gu ido (Kaw). 80 C: 1. Teny Linle (Suz); 2. Erik Waters (l(a w) ; 3 . Dan ny Scavelli (Ka w); 4. Dan iel Furne U (Kaw t 5 . Kevin letber tek (Kaw). Charlie Venegas (43) takes the lead away from Shawn Reppert on his way to the Scratch main w in at Gold County Speedway. 80 BEG: 1. Vinny Hopper (Yam ); 2. Joshu a Kielt y (Yam); 3 . Chris Wallace; 4 . Scon Lamb (Yam); 5. M itch Sp rad lin (Kawl. 100 S/ M INI: 1. M ik e Woodcock (Ka w) ; 2. Da v id Sanderson jHon ); 3. Ja mes Guido (Kaw) . 125 B: 1. Joe Hun 88der (Hon); 2. C.J. Cwi klinski (Kaw ); 3. Doug Matheny (Yaml ; 4 . Shawn Capu to (Kawl; 5. David Sanderson. • 125 C; 1. Tom Boytand (!(awl; 2. Robert Bntt cn IHon); 3. M ike M cNam ee (Suzl; 4 . M ark lee (Yam); 5 . Ryan luther (Ka w) . , 25 BEG 0 · 1: t . Roy Peircs (Hon); 2. M it ch J erger (Ka w) ; 3. Rob Sheppard; 4. M ike Scha ub (Yam); 5. J ason Keene (Kaw) . 12 5 BEG 0 ·2 : 1. Ron nie Lay (KiWI; 2 . Rtcty Ntght (Yam); 3. Mark Payne (Honk 4. Keith Han (Hon); 5. John Kay (Hon). 250 B: 1. Rob Summervill e (Hon ); 2 . M ichall Oliver (Yaml; 3. St ave Sto jack (Yaml; 4 . M ike Hawthorne. 250 C: 1. Wesley Shallow (Hon ); 2 . Dua ne Dooley (!(aw); 3 . Tom Boytand (Kaw); 4 . Ricky Tyner (Yam); 5 . Roy Rout h (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Sc:on Sm ith (Hon); 2 . St ew Daniels (Hon); 3. Bren Stromsnes (Hon) ; 4. Rick Langl ey (Yam); 5. J ohn Colema n (Kaw). OPEN MON EY: 1. Kenny Keylon (Kaw ); 2. Dave Elli s(Hon); 3 . Russ Human (Yam); 4 . Rob Summervill e (Hon); 5 . Bryan Ust(Honl . OPEN AM : 1. Kenny Keylo n (Kaw); 2. Steve Stojack (Yam); 3. C.J. Cwikli nski (Kaw l. OPEN NOV: 1. David Berg er (Hon); 2. Rudy Savelli (Hon); 3. Joe l Bott inger (Hon); 4. Tom Zepp (Hon). SR 30+: 1. Bob Kiesel (Kaw); 2. Roben Noa IHon); 3. Wesley Shallow (Hon); 4. Cherl es Leh ing (Hon ); 5. Don Keene (Hon). S/SR: 1. Charl es Leh ing (Hon ); 2. Charles Manin ISuz!; 3. York Su mm ervill e; 4 . Gerald Nucc io (KTM); 5. Roger WhitelSuzl . • 25+: 1. Kenny Keylon (Kaw ); 2. Dave Elli s (Hon); 3. David Berger (Hon); 4 . Dwayne Gent (Yam ); 5. Wi lliam Hobso n IKew) . , VINT: 1. Dwayn e Gent IKaw ); 2. Ed Gar li n (Vam); 3. leonard lawrence (Hon); 4. Roy Peirce (Hon); 5. York Summ erv ill e (Rokl. Venegas flies at Gold Country Speedway By R.C. Jones AUBU RN , CA, jULY 7 Charlie Venega s Iou gh t off a slow ga te to win his seco nd Scratch main and Bobb y Hedden held olc Bobb y Hicks for his first Handicap ma in victory a' Gold Country Speedway. Venegas, aboa rd his Oratek/ R&R Bod y Works/ Blendza ll/Cine Ca mera/ H&S Cycles/ john Banhy Wel d ing/ Dr. Peterson and Dr. Slater-powered Godden , o u tfo ug h t Shawn Rep pert for two laps before taking the lead for good i n the Scratch ma in event. Reppe rt sho t o ut of gate o ne with Venegas just behi nd him at th e sta rt. Harlan Bast's wh eeli e off th e lin e co st h im too mu ch time and he had to play catch -u p. Rocky Ro bi nso n 's bike quit Just prio r to the start and riding Sco tt McN eil's bike proved mu ch of a handicap. Rep pe rt kept Venegas to the outside as th ey made 'he first lap, and o n lap two he gai ned som e brea th ing room. Venegas then pu lled down to the inside right-o n Rep pe rt 's tai l, a nd o n la p three Rep pert drove o ut of th e tum too wid e, gi ving Venegas a n openin g. Venegas slipIX-d in side then went pa st for the lead as Rep pe rt reco vered. With a n open road Venegas cra nked it up. leaving the o th ers eating d ust going on [or hi s second Scr,Hch wi n this seaso n. It too k Hedden two laps 10 track do wn Mark Squadrito in the Handica p mai n and after d ispatch in g the early lead er he had a n easy time for the next few laps. The pack was sorting them selves o ut with H icks lead ing Mike Kain and Rob inson at th e m idway mar k. H edd en, spo nsored by P et eri ch C ycles, gla nced back a nd saw th at H icks was co m ing wi L a vengea na:and tllrn ed the wick u p . Kain h kept p u tting the press ure o n Hi cks as bo th ,ried to trac k down Hedden . A' ,h e finish H icks closed in bu' Hedden held of f ,he la te cha rge for the wi n. In Divisio n Two action Bill Zirk le became the first th ree· time wi n ne r thi s seaso n as he picked up ano ther victory in the main evenL '00 Steve Many nse followed Zirkl e home. Firstseason rid er Scan Rousseau survived anot he r exci ti ng Divi sion Three main e ven t b y holding 0 [£ Shane Loessberg (or h is first-ever speedway vic tory. Result s SCRATCH: 1. Charl ie Venega s IGdn ); 2. Shawn Reppert (Wes t: 3 . Rocky Robinson (W es); 4 . Har lan Basi J r. IGdn). HOCP: 1. Bobby Hedden (W es); 2 . Bob Hicks (W est 3 M ik e Kain (J aw); 4 . Rocky Rob Inson (W es) ; 5 . Mark Squadrilo (Jaw ). 0 -2 : 1. BillZirkle (Wesl ; 2: Sieve Marty nse(.Jawl; 3. .John Grant (Wes); 4 . Marty M at hews. (J aw) 0 -3 : 1.5001 Rousseau lJaw); -2. Shane Loessberg (Jaw); 3 . Donnie Hick s (J aw); 4 . John Pierce (W es). Kadlec captures Pikes Peak Enduro win By Roger Dowden WOO DLAND PARK , CO, JUNE 25 Fritz Kadlec once aga in demonstrated his mas ter y of Rocky Mou nta in terrain b y anni hilating a field of 470 riders at the P ikes Peak Enduro, th e lourth event 01 the 1989 Rocky Mountain Enduro Circui t. Loca ted in the moun tain s west of Co lorado Spri ngs , the Pikes Peak End uro has always been a favo rite [o r riders [ro m the reg ion. After a o ne year hiatus. The nor ma lly loo se gravelly trails of th e area were tran sformed into per fect traction by a storm tha t d u mped seven inches of heavy, wet snow ju st lour da ys befor e th e even t. Aaro n Danis and his crew p ut together an excel len t course th at to talled lOS actua l mi les for the A a nd B rid ers a nd 70 mi les lor the C riders. Amazi ngly , the co u rse was en tirely trail except fo r fou r miles of graded roa d. The Im gth y trail system proved to be especi a lly dem anding for the B and C riders as evidenced by th e nearly 50 percent DNF rate in th ose classes. The u nendin~ trails that wore dow n th e majority of th e riders wer e seem ing ly fast ra ils for Kad lec. And lik e a true express train h is punctua lity was a lmos t pe rfect. He dropped o nl y two min u tes over the dura tio n of th e event, bestin g the closest competitor by five mi nutes. Behi nd Kadlec th e co mpetition was fierce, with three riders tied at seven points. Da ve Li ndeman brat Ch ris Willba nk s a nd Kelb y Pepper atthe tie-breakers, Pep per was th e on ly rider of the th ree tied with Kad lec a t th e fourth check, but his 125 was clearly at a disadvantage o n some of th e uphi lls in th e la ter sect ions. Four riders tied fo r fifth overall with 10 point scores. Bill y Bu rgener tri u mphed at the tie-brea ker beating ou t Dennis Larratt, T im Willbanks a nd Dave Zehn er. TI le circuit's AA riders proved that their ra n king is no flu ke by taki n/: th e top 10 places. The fust no n·AA rider was 250ec A Mark MaUl in 11th overall with 12 poin ts. Firs t Open A a nd l2,h overall went to Ken G iles, with a sco re of 13. KDX rider Nral Payne topped the 200cc A class with a to tal of 14 poi nts . Fif ty-tw o yea r-o ld Sen io r A rider H oward Utsey co n tin ues to com m ute fro m Arizon a for th e RMEC events and to domin a te th e Sen ior A class wit h yet anothe r victor y. Mark Beag ley dropped 31 poi nts to earn the overa ll B trophy. He was fo llowed by 250cc B winner Stan Rice with 32 poi nts. They in tum wer e followed by Kerrie Brokaw, wh o pos ted a 34 po int score for seco nd in th e very co mpeti tive 250cc B class a nd her best ever endu ro fin ish. KTM rider Lew Resler a lso dr opped 34 points for firs t in th e O pen B. Curt Larsen took the overall C honor s with a score of 14 points. He was followed by Cra ig Carroll wi th a sco re of 20 po ints . The 250cc C victory went to yet another tough lad y 25

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